Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Plants Pretending to be Rocks

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/DN-NHG_wireweirdsucculents_0118.ART.State.Edition1.37ea1c4.html

The technical word for this type of camouflage adaptation is mimicry. It is the adaptation of plants to look like something very different in order to blend in for protection.

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